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In a unique tribute, ESA transmitted the Blue Danube Waltz into deep space to celebrate its 50th anniversary, merging art and ...
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The European Space Agency (ESA) beamed Strauss’s The Blue Danube into deep space as a musical message to aliens.
The recent performance, organized by Vienna Symphony Orchestra director Jan Nast, was aimed at correcting the composition's omission on the Voyager Golden Record, which included Bach's Brandenburg ...
Birthdays for ESA (50) and Johann Strauss (200) marked with music of the spheres What did you do on Saturday? We ask because ...
Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was ...
It is Austria’s second national anthem. It is the inescapable conclusion to each New Year’s Day concert in Vienna. But how many of us have ever heard Strauss’s original version? In 1865, Johann ...
The Vienna Symphony Orchestra performed the Blue Danube during the space transmission, which actually sent up a version from rehearsal. It is part of a year-long celebration marking the 200th birthday ...
Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers.
Waltzing through 2025, Vienna celebrates 200 years since the birth of its own musical genius, Johann Strauss. New Dimensions in central Vienna, is a new multimedia museum which is dedicated to ...
Known for its pivotal role in the Habsburg Empire, Vienna is synonymous with classical music, having been the home to luminaries like Mozart, Beethoven, and Strauss. The city's architectural landscape ...
Cathy Dawson, of the Austrian Business Agency in Vienna and founder of the form, described the scope of the forum, “There are two big differences between the FDI Leaders meetings and other meetings.